Model comparison
Command R vs Mistral Nemo
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Nemo in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R leads 31.0 to 12.3.
- Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.60 for Command R.
Side by side
| Command R | Mistral Nemo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 26.4 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2024-07-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | 4K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R: —, Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |
Reasoning Mistral Nemo leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 46.4% | 48.6% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.68 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |
Math Command R leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |
Knowledge Command R leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 29.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | — |
| LMArena French | 1162 | — |
| LMArena German | 1176 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | — |
Writing & Preference Command R leads
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)
| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Mistral Nemo?
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command R or Mistral Nemo?
Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Command R lists at $0.15 and $0.60.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 128K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Mistral Nemo share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.